Crimson

#fa3045

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for crimson, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Crimson is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #fa3045, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa3045

RGB250, 48, 69

HSL354, 95%, 58%

HSV354, 81%, 98%

CMYK0%, 81%, 72%, 2%

Lab54.94, 73.73, 39.05

XYZ41.56, 22.87, 7.85

Decimal16396357

Web safe#ff3333

Pantone1787 C

Shades of crimson

#f9162e #ef061e #d5051b #bb0517 #a00414 #860311 #6c030e #52020a #380107 #1e0104

Tints of crimson

#fa4356 #fb5667 #fb6978 #fc7c89 #fc8f9a #fda2ab #fdb5bc #fec8cd #fedbde #ffeeef

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#30fae5 Analogous#fa30aa Analogous#fa8030 Triadic#45fa30 Triadic#3045fa Split complementary#30fa80 Split complementary#30aafa

Crimson in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 81, 72, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa3045 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 81 72 2

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 70 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #fa3045 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa3045; }
.text { color: #fa3045; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa3045; }

How crimson looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Crimson and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #fa3045 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa3045 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #fa3045 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around crimson? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #fa3045 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from crimson, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #fa3045 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.